QDL

The qdl deployment action downloads a flat build tarball to Qualcomm devices using qdl qdl. It is possible to add a LAVA overlay to one of the partition images within the tarball. QDL deployment is required to boot into QDL mode and flash the contents of the tarball onto the board.

- deploy:
    rootfs_image: rootfs.img
    overlay_path: /home
    qcomflash:
      url: ...
      apply-overlay: true
    to: qdl

qcomflash

The qcomflash block specifies the location of the tarball to be downloaded. It uses the usual download syntax. The tarball should not be decompressed by the download action. It is assumed that the archive is compressed.

rootfs_image

This parameter points to a partition image where the LAVA overlay should be added. The value should be a path relative to the main directory in the tarball.

overlay_path

This parameter names the path inside the rootfs_image where the LAVA overlay should be added. The value should be in line with the variable lava_test_results_dir defined in the job context.

qcomflash

This parameter represents the tarball containing the build to be flashed to the device.

apply-overlay

LAVA can apply the overlay to the image before flashing. The overlay is applied to the overlay_path.